Kobe City University of Foreign Studies (神戸市外国語大学, Kōbe-shi gaikokugo daigaku), KCUFS (神戸外大, Kōbe gaidai) for short, is a municipal university in Japan. It is located in Gakuen-higashimachi, Nishi-ku, Kobe City.

It was founded in 1946 as Kobe Municipal College of Foreign Affairs (神戸市立外事専門学校, Kōbe shiritsu gaiji semmon gakkō), a coeducational college with a three-year curriculum. Kobe City was heavily damaged in World War II, and it founded the college to help restore the port city.

The college had five departments: English and American Studies, Russian Studies, Chinese Studies, Spanish Studies, and International Relations. The first campus was located in Daikai-dori, Hyogo-ku; the school buildings were those of Daikai Elementary School, which had few pupils at that time. In 1947 the college moved to Onogara-dori, Fukiai-ku (Chuo-ku now).

In April 1949 the college was developed into Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, a four-year university under Japan's new educational system. A new campus was opened on a hill called Kusu-ga-oka (楠ヶ丘) in Nada-ku.

The latter history of KCUFS is as follows:

• 1953: Evening courses (Department of English and American Studies) were added.
• 1962: Department of Spanish Studies was added.
• 1967: Master's courses were added.
• 1986: KCUFS moved to present-day "Academic Town" Campus (in Nishi-ku).

  The former Kusunoki-ga-oka Campus is now the campus of Shinwa Junior & Girls' Senior High School.

• 1987: Department of International Relations was added.
• 1996: Doctoral courses (International Cultural Studies) were added.

• Department of English and American Studies
• Department of Russian Studies
• Department of Chinese Studies
• Department of Spanish Studies
• Department of International Relations
• Evening Courses (Department of English and American Studies)

Master's courses

• Division of English Language Studies
• Division of Russian Language Studies
• Division of Chinese Language Studies
• Division of Spanish Language Studies
• Division of International Relations
• Division of Japanese and Asian Languages and Culture
• Division of English Education

Doctoral courses

• International Cultural Studies

• Academic Information Center (Library)
• Institute for Foreign Studies
• Institute for the professors
• Institute of the main office
• Institute for students (Cafeteria)

• Kobe City University of Foreign Studies Brochure (2020), p. 38-39

• Official website

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